How did you lose the weight and keep it off?

Question

I've lost around 30 lbs and it's been two years since, and I've managed to keep it off. I just want to know what everyone else is doing to keep theirs off because I hope never to gain mine back! I eat healthier and smaller portions but I'm still addicted to cookies and cake and would love to feel that as long as I keep exercising, the bulge won't be back...but, that might not be the case.

Um, for any of you who bothered to read the details, I have already lost the weight and don't need to lose more. I just want to know how everyone has kept theirs off.

Answer 1

I've lost 48lbs in alittle under a year. The biggest thing is eliminating all simple sugars from the diet. I do treat myself once a week to something like milkshakes and waffles. The rest of the days I eat all low glycemic carbs, alot of protein, and plenty of healthy fat (EFAs). I always make sure to workout at least 3 days a week, both weights and cardio. If you stay away from things with simple sugars long enough, they won't taste that good when you have eat them thereafter. I can't eat more than 2 chocolate chip cookies without getting a stomach ache. Our bodies weren't made to process simple sugar.

Answer 2

Well, losing weight fast and losing weight in a healthy way are on completely different ends of the weight loss spectrum. If you lose weight in a healthy manner and keep it off, it is a slow (but steady) process. If you lose weight quickly, chances are that you are either not eating enough, depriving your body of essential nutrients, exercising too much, or a combination of these. 1-2 pounds a week is a healthy weight loss goal. Eat healthy foods (fruit, veggies, whole grains, and lean protein), keep exercising for at least 30 minutes a day, and stop eating when you are full. Also, stay hydrated and drink plenty of water. If you do all of these things, you should be fine. If you want info on healthy foods and caloric intake, go to mypyramid.gov. Great source of information.

Answer 3

It's okay to splurge every once in a while. The trick is to keep on weighing yourself regularly. Keep exercising. Watch the portions. And if you gain a pound or two, you know how to take it off. Just don't let it get to be 10 or 20 pounds, because you remember how hard that was to lose.

Answer 4

find calorie/fitness calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose.
eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have lean meat (protein) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio exercise 4-6 times a week for 30-50min, light weight training
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, past etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried, oily.
ofcourse you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)
i follow this every day of my life

Answer 5

Lots of water plenty of sleep and exercises, I was almost 300 pounds 2 yrs ago I now weigh 170, I do not eat any red meat only fish and greens and fruit and drink alot of water and walking daily there are free exercises on the web they work good luck

Answer 6

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Answer 7

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Answer 8

only thing i eat is soda crackers, and drink water

Answer 9

dont eat mc.donalds

Answer 10

bulimia helps.